Meloni should ask al-Sisi for Regeni suspects' addresses-Schlein

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 20 - Premier Giorgia Meloni should ask Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi about the whereabouts of the four Egyptian security officers who are on trial in absentia in Rome for torturing to death Italian doctoral research student Giulio Regeni in Cairo in January-February 2016 so they can be formally notified of the legal proceedings against them, said centre-left opposition Democratic Party (Pd) leader Elly Schlein on Wednesday, referring to both the premier's visit to Egypt on Sunday to sign a 7.4 billion EU-Egypt deal to stop migrants in exchange for development and the lack of cooperation by the Egyptian authorities in the case.
    "When she goes to Egypt she should ask al Sisi for the addresses of the four people who murdered an Italian researcher, a European researcher: this is what she should ask al Sisi," Schlein told the Lower House during the debate on Meloni's communications ahead of the European Council on Thursday and Friday.
    National Security General Tariq Sabir and his subordinates, Colonels Athar Kamel Mohamed Ibrahim and Uhsam Helmi, and Major Magdi Ibrahim Abdelal Sharif, have been put on trial in absentia even though they have not been formally notified of the proceedings against them.
    On Tuesday Meloni rejected suggestions that the EU-Cairo deal EU-might hurt the pursuit of truth over Regeni's murder.
    The 28-year-old Friuli-born Cambridge University researcher into independent Egyptian trade unions was tortured to death between January 25 and February 3 2016.
    Al-Sisi, with whom Meloni and others negotiated the migrants-for-cash deal, has repeatedly issued vain promises to cooperate in the case. (ANSA).